For the sixth straight year, Aaron Rodgers, Mike McCarthy and Dom Capers are playoff-bound.
The Green Bay Packers (11-4) punched their ticket to the postseason with a 20-3 win Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-13) at Raymond James Stadium.
Rodgers, who spent the days leading up to Sunday’s contest battling the flu, which he confirmed (via Bill Michaels) bounced back nicely after perhaps his worst NFL game in the Week 15 loss at Buffalo:
Packers Rodgers expresses that he indeed was battling the flu
— Bill Michaels (@Bill_Michaels) December 21, 2014 But it was the defense that upstaged Rodgers and Eddie Lacy. All told, Green Bay allowed just 109 yards on 47 plays, a measly 2.3-yard average. Tampa Bay’s first five possessions were three-and-outs. McCarthy noted the significant role the Packers defense played in this win, per the team's official Twitter account:
MM: It started and ended with the defense today. #Packers #GBvsTB
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) December 21, 2014 That’s two straight games in which the opposing offense has not scored a touchdown. In today’s NFL, where seemingly every newly instituted rule favors a high-scoring game, that’s tough to accomplish, no matter the opponent.
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via IFTTT December 21, 2014 at 04:30PM
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